Nursing Informatics ′91

Computer-based training developed with high-level software packages offers a cost-efficient means of orienting large numbers of personnel to a hospital information system. Equally important, a decentralized, self-administered, self-paced tutorial allows professional personnel to get training where and when they want it, with as little or as much reinforcement as they desire. This paper describes our experience with computer-based training to teach staff how to use the first clinical module of our system, laboratory results inquiry. An important note is that about 300 of our 2500 personnel elected to come to mentored group classes, where the same computer-based tutorial was used, but a trained "superuser" was available to answer questions and offer guidance.